diff --git a/mtools.changes b/mtools.changes
index 09f3f69..d022207 100644
--- a/mtools.changes
+++ b/mtools.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Oct 24 11:54:12 UTC 2024 - Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de>
+
+- Require glibc-gconv-modules-extra only if glibc >= 2.39
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Sep 30 09:13:35 UTC 2024 - pgajdos@suse.com
 
diff --git a/mtools.spec b/mtools.spec
index 159f99c..bf427e5 100644
--- a/mtools.spec
+++ b/mtools.spec
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ Source2:        %{name}.keyring
 Patch0:         %{name}-conf.diff
 BuildRequires:  makeinfo
 BuildRequires:  texinfo
-Requires:       glibc-gconv-modules-extra
 Requires:       glibc-locale-base
+Requires:       (glibc-gconv-modules-extra if glibc >= 2.39)
 
 %description
 Mtools allows access to an MS-DOS file system on disk without